Basically, around the district and the state -- and even the nation -- people are rooting for A.J. But Brent handled it well. He answered A.J.?s strengths.

My vision for this book and the others in the series is to let people know what kind of commanders we have, ... You don't pick generals off park benches. ... They are experts at what they do and lot of thinking goes into it. And I want to get across to people the intellectual dimension of command, to let people know that it's hard to be a general. And the people we have with general stars on their shoulders are pretty smart and pretty good guys.

I like to be in a position of helping people. I find it very humbling that, simply by playing baseball, I'm in position to help so many people. I never take that for granted.

She knew what she could do to people,

You open the paper and read these things that happen to people. Totally random.

Undoubtedly, there are other people who worked just as hard. I am quite flattered by this award.